Google Earth is the current pick of the bunch for viewing the world through the wonders of satellite imagery.  Most of our customers are keen on this one so it’s hard to avoid making it part of our standard build.  Unfortunately, Google doesn’t really help out on this one.  For starters, it’s actually not easy to get a current full version of the Google Earth installer.  The installer you get from http://earth.google.com/ is a downloader as much as installer.  It’s a small program that you then run which then downloads the rest of Google Earth and carries out the installation process.

So, first step is to find a full install version.  I found that Google can help.  Search terms like “full install google earth” will usually find you something.  As far as I can tell, the exact address changes periodically so what gets listed here may not keep on working.  That said, here’s one I found:

http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthWin.exe

Once you’ve got your current version, it’s time to do the install.  This is what  I use:

GoogleEarth-5.exe /S /v/qn

(This article is part of a series about the build disc I use to standardise system builds. The series starts here and this particular article follows on from this one.)

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